Diagnosis of perinatal HIV-1 infection in South Africa: Recommendations for best practice under ideal and resource-constrained conditions

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine

Volumn , Issue 5, 2001, Pages 21-26

  Webber, L M ^a   Cotton, M ^a   Stevens, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PATIENT CODING; PERINATAL INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034798462     PISSN: 16089693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v2i3.505     Document Type: Article

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